The Independent-Record from Helena, Montana • Page 1

Senate Reaches Deadline With 216 Bills; Assembly Total Is 629 THE WEATHER Weather for Montana-- Partly clou illy Thursday rising temperatures nnd Friday; J-'i-ldny. AY VOL. CENTS HELENA, THURSDAY, FEB. 0, 1939 Associated Press Service NBA Feature Service N. Y.

Stock and Bond List Montana's Oldest Publication It Blankets Helena's Trading Territory President Is Ready to Fight to Finish OF BILLS III Senate Is Rushed MORE THAN 1(10 KILLS DEALT WITH DURING HEAVY DAY Bill to Adjourn On Sixtieth Day Vetoed by House Measure Could Have Led to an Extra Session A bill which would have forced the Montana legislature tu adjourn promptly at midnight on the fiflth legislative day whether its work was fin, ished or not and which mem- Thc Montana senate yester- i bcrs said cou have set th( day crossed the deadline fori a for a -filibuster for a the introduction of bills with week as wel as forcing S.I5. 21 (i on thc legislative slate govcrrior (o a spec i a scs -exceeding upper house meas-! sion at thc CX pi rati()n )f th( urcs of the l'J37 assembly i a was i hv jv lon 1 house of representatives i thc falling of the sen- yesterday 67 to 21. ate deadline, and that of The Mil unrccl'iioni liy Hup Vacation Is Cut BY PROBE OF JUDGES house laid down last Sunday. Ihc 26lh legislative assembly had received a. grand total nl (29 measures proposed lor Montana's slatule books.

Ill i i in i ki.1,1 "i arc a i i i uf i i i joi i in i tin 1 i i i Yh" Bfll.Ve i ni-'t'l JU It i Sain Spiegel of S'lver How. Thc house will al 101 o'clock i morning. i the houso i i a i nf on i i i anrl pavsed i on nip, thc lnsgot storm of i durint; a i II II. 38 di-riiiiiiB a lesls- la, a I rfi and p-Mial" 1101! Of i i i i i Mr tlu- i i i uf mi i i i i on i a a i In rcinn.i't ID nimninc Ihc Mllnn: ir nnh I ill, ((Minimi' i pin Is in hi- Ian 1 a i i inc'tinj: ri'Milttd i f.H- I line A i i i i i i i to' killlilK 1" I prcnidiilK liitli- a i i i i a I i i i i i i i tti i i i i lo I lh(1 of th" ld he i i ovc-i stati- a a i of i i Xut Rep. GrorK' 1 i (if a i --aid.

"I a Kir-oiitr- to I.iitln America, for a vacation, K. Thomaf-, a Jndco uf the U. S. i i In wns orrtcrrd liy vircloi-s to return to Nriv York to appear the i I a i i i ness a a i of Mai tin T. Man ton, of (lie r.

circuit Ol" RppPIilS. Blackfeet Braves To Show Shirley Indian War Dance Feb. A -TH elvo Black fret ho i tench curl-halrel Shirley Trniplc how to do An ludliin war (In nee, arrived tod 113 from National park. Mont. Their I rip hern mnrkcd tlir- first time eight of the 12 hnd eter been on a train.

Seven before had left the rehcr- mtlon. Only two KiifclNh. Tlicy rnnce In front 3 to 76, mid hntc such ns Oiler Mml me. Oiler Coitanl, Iron Hreo and Yel- Ion Kidney. The federal eminent I red 20th Century- FOT studio, uhlrh Is filming "StisHii- nnh of the Mo mi ties." to bond for their safety itiul hulkl them l.ouse on the lot.

where they i reside for the next throe weeks. What Is Next for This Refugee? AFTER MAI) FLIGHT WITH MEAGER POSSESSIONS Eastern Blizzard Fatal to Father Of Popular Twins BABIES OF ZIMMERMAN MADE HIT WHEN HERE LAST MONTH s.r.i-il i- i i i to I i i coiiMd i in i i o-i 1' 1 n. pir WHEELER DECLARES INDUSTRY WILL COLLAPSE UNLESS FARM PURCHASING POWER INCREASED Tlir body of Dr. Robert TC. S5lm- nicrmnn, '27, vthosc on.s, and fir tie, nimlc mi conjf hit iilipn (hry i i hm; niontli, was found on (ho rondnldc Ihrpc iiillr.s west of Mrlntosli, S.

Dr. hud stalled his Hutomo))lle in a snowbank half mile east of and becmi of darkness or poor visibility to a snowstorm lie had walked away thc city instead of toward it for aid. Jle died i i 50 yards of a a in wcntlicr i i a recorded as 34 degrees below zero. (Continued on Pagn 5.) FOREEM Mercury Hits -32 TEMPERATURE GOES TO LOW FIGURE NEAR MIDNIGHT a i i i i TVh i -Sen. nlor I I nxliiy a i i mill mrttt i i i colhipsp In i 1 (rj unless 1 powr i i of ruritifiN Incron i i ped nieniliers of Japan Postpones ac at i i I mrlllhr rs of i 1 1 icri hearing, senators migKested It rlTICTIlCn a i ho to i prices for 1 fl.lt: A loll JlXCUUCoL i i i i i i i i HM I empower fvdr.al jroxe! I i i on prnlilpiu was tlio subject of a rlla- russioti by two ca.hint-1.

mombcrs, i i sf-nntors a i a rx- i i of Mie dop.irlinent. I Li.bor iiinl A HI leu Hint) oni ni ill cc i i i il. i 1 1 I to fix i i on Ir I a a 50 major f.ii in i lo oljihlish routiH i Iii "Thlb i i not bo ahlc to i jtns mid oihcr forcltfiirrs' a i a i riomonracy unless i i prs Ret of i for oTiicrrs lo jiosiponr a IOIIK- their prudncis." Wheclor ajud. lark on resort I OH 11. The i ncrertl to extend iho i i i for the -ci-acuatlon of Killing, where the foreigners have leca stn.nOrd eiure last 'eyond Fiiday.

original date hut It wns emphasized that "no regarding pos-il)Ic nilltary operaliona in tliat vicln- ty" rouId be made. Foieipn circles felt incrciislnff for tlioso at the mounlain 15 miles south of thc 1'AngUe river port of Kluklang tud 125 milcfl southeast of Jlankow. The United States gunboat Oahu vas sent from Hankow this niorn- ng to Kiuklang to try to help the Jnlted States citizens in Killing. Menu while, tlio cotton Motorist in Ohio Finds It Doesn't Pay to Look Back Columbus, Ohio, Kel. A I Lot's Frloro, S'i, fotuul It rtUln't pnj to look tMick.

Arrested on rluirfes of a thc of nn mx-Idcnt, lie hoi tod from I he jiolk-e sLitlon nnd wa.s outrunning puirol- inun until ho turnetl to sec how miicli of a lend lie had, lie crashed liead-oii Into telegraph iolc--iind that riidtxl tho chase. i i i i of farm.H. Wlirelnr Jtrpued tlnu ho KOVC mm cut already lind I enabled labor und Industry to fix prires. "You can't havo I i on a i i i i basis as IL is a and a i on a basis." Wheeler said. iignrultnro Is destroyed with ill vast purchasing (Continued on p.ige 10 BRITAIN AND FRANCE TO USE GOLD TO ELIMINATE FASCIST, NAZI INFLUENCE FROM SPAIN Paris, 3 eb.

A A BrllLsh- Prcnch plnn lo Oernmny nnd Uiiy out of hy coiiiKcrlni; inzl-fnclst niirtline, help pence- lino gold retried hy informed limrterH I winy. Diplomatic circles suld Britain nd Trance had offered to finance of tho war-lorn ountry In i for ti promise by Franco lo eliminate icrmnn and influence new insmgeiu sUtc. There WHH Immcduto reaction In taly to Jlrit Ish-I'remh overtures Franco. Tho faclst pi CHS declined wns "loo lulc" for eleventh hour IOVM by nations to grt good terms i him nnd added hat Itnly Innlsied on a Irtory rhlch would not benefit "those 'ho, after having favorer! tho ex- ortatlon of to Rpiiln," anlcn to make contacts with imirRfnls. was.

hovovcr, a Vvclltf in he two 1fmorratle notions tho clfttlvo povertv of fterm.iny and talf would it hard lor them to help In the rebuilding of Spain after thc wnr. if more immediate concern to and Paris, however, WHS the situation of Minorca, the only one of thc west ern-Mottl ton nncnn Mnlearlc Island-? Mill held by Span- lull government followers. The DrIUsh and 1'Yonrh (covern- mcnts apparently Ir.nt It.ilijvn troops nnd Italia!) nlr- plnnc.s now oepupylng thc neighbor- In insurgent-held island of Mal- lovcn, should sock to inv.ido Minor en. Should Italy control both Islands Wench ami llrlllnh aoa a i In I wpftcrn Medllerrnncan intRht pftrnlyzed In 'nio of i Five days ago, It wn.f lo.ti ncd. of flew over Minorca, dropping leaf lets calling for tho Islands' surrender.

The i limit was to havo expired todny. Whether France nnd had In tor cert crt ivllh Franco not known htit the onshlrf en lied at I'ort Mnhon. the Uland'a fortified harbor. Boy of 15 Kills His Grandmother WhileShe Prays Hot Springs, State Troope Feb. 8.

JHH Arm.stronx said a car-old mountain boy (old todnj hou he Krallfled a (tuTl.shed deiire to i his grnnd- inother, tliu JO-jenr-olrt i sho knelt in prayer after bcKglng fnr her life. Armstrong said Cc. II Allen Rates, a high school sophomore, admitted a a i Mrs. K. J.

Foley in her home at Norman, Monday i because "she had always liecn calling the Bates low down und stuff like that i I flniilly got enough of It." Mrs. Koley's husband, A lumber i foreman, found her body when ho returned from work. Armstrong Quoted the blond AS saying "I had been i ing about shooting my grandmother for some time. I made up my mind to i her when I got out of school at 4 o'clock." She 'loaded Thc trooper said Dates told officers he rode his blcyclo home after acliool, got his father's .36 call her pistol and went to his grandmother's house. He told tho woman he wns going kill her, Armstrong mild, and Mrs.

Folcy pleaded i him not to do It. Italian Then ahn fell to her knees beside her sewing machine and fttartcd praylnfr. "I shot at hor tho flrnt lime and the bullet, went wild," he was Quolcd as I stepped forward and put the, pistol In about fix Inches of A hark of her neck and ihot her again." British Freighter Reported Sinking In Mid-Atlantic Thomuton. Mainr, Feb S. (fl) -Jlwckny radio report wl tlirpp res- tun lonlffht uiuiblc to r.rnbllsh lUrclrss contact with ItrHUh frrlfdiUT Murltt Ivar- rlniigii, nhich hnl reported wan "sinking" in mld-Atlnnllc.

The Cunnrdcr A a a tho American ScanLic liner Scan mall, and The Netherlands steamer Vccndam sent "nine or 10 calls" to the stricken freighter, all of v. hich were unanswered, Mackay reported, Thorn as ton. station operators said the fi'eiphter's silence might Indicate she no longer hnd power to operate her radio transmitter. When the station here' closed for the night at 7 p. ni.

(M.S.T.) the operator he had heard nothing from thc Maria dc Larrinaga since 5:10 p. when she repeated her SOS several times saying a forward hatch had beo.i stove In and that she was sinking. Apparently, aald Mackny, the craft's skipper repeated the message in hope It would reach dome craft nearer than the three shipi a a plowing through heavy seas to tier position, approximately 1,200 miles east of New York. Constantly sliding temperatures were felt sharply here yesterday as the mercury sagged to an official -25 and later to an unofficial -32. With threats of going even lower.

W. E. Maughan, federal meteorologist here, promised Helena an official minimum temperature of "32 below, antl maybe lower." Thc official forecast for today is for increasing cloudiness with continued cold. Yesterday's i i a a i temperatures was -20. and the official i i noted from 5 I 1 o'clock in the morning, was -115, but shortly before i i nti un- i i a reading revealed a i i had slipped to -32.

The latest a a a i able hero are those of 5 o'clock in a i on Page 5.) HE i i this aprd. a sits amonj; ip sho was able to carry i her to Bonn" a a i posM'i NEGRIN'S STAND VIOLENTLY SHAKEN BY REPORTS CENTRAL LEADER NOW SEEKING PEACE Much Is at Stake A GGRESSIVE RE A CTION SHOWS HE IS ON OFFENSIVE a France, Feb. govfMiinpnt Frcnilpr Juan Xpffrln's Ntubliom rr-fusJil to mil the on Icnns ivn.s shaken i tonfpht 0,1 rt 1 that pcjirp liiTki hnd Ix-cn ojipnpd dln-cdy rnts uml (irin-rnl JOHP Mhijn, die- tutor of KOvrnuncnrH cf'iilnd zone. The reports were inld hy mcm- hpra of tho French chamber of dcputiCB to have been i back from Dnrgos by Senator Leon Hprard, semi-official envoy to tho Insurgont capital. They camp Hour- upon nnnoitiiccmcntR that Manuel Azana, president of government Spain, was considering resign ing because of N'egrln'H refusal to surrender unconditionally.

Nudist Wedding on Mountain is Legal If Uncomfortable Denver, Feb. A A mid 1st vMxldlnc it Colorado mountain on Knstor morn lie 'more tlmii lrpuly Altornry ioncrnl 1-nko nilcil I ml ay, hi an Informal opinion. JtAMiimnt:" snld tlio opinion an requrslrd hy I tin HM II. Force, dpvrllxxl himself at A piiMtor of (lie "Church 1" Common, Inc." of Denver. If snrh marriage irtu "not, a pulilln siMftacIo," iltx'lunxl, no objection could mode iho u-Mdlng of a nndn hrido nml hrldrRroom.

Child Freezes Feet After Fire Takes Home; Little Rimini Boy Brought to Hospital in Helena Pickle O'Lcwy. ot Mr. And Mn. Rftlpli In renting In SL hoflpJtal, the victim of frozen feet, mifferrfl Into Tufmlay night when the family home horned to the. grouml.

Dickie's feet froze after he lost his shoes and walked part of the distant-a to tho A. L. Clausen ranch In hin hare feet. His mother nllghily froze her fingertips during the trip. The ranch IB on the III mini road, 12 milcfl west of here.

Mrs. O'Leary discovered tlie firo Rt about 10 o'clock Tuesday nlghl when sho vas awakened by the nnund of crackling, (mapping wood, which wan falling from the attic of the building. Hurriedly nhe roused Dlcklo, dressed him, seized what few tnlngs she fled. During the flight Dickie's shoes unlaced, came off and he didn't slop to retrieve them. It Is believed that serious." tho fire was starred by an overheated stovo In the altlr.

A hired man lives there. The man had left the house, to be gone not moro than an hour, and the fire broke out during his ahsenrc. Mr. was Rutte when the accident happened, hut he returned yesterday. The Clausen family helped Mm.

O'ljeary to save an electric refrigerator, a washing machine and a few other Items from the house, but moat ot thc O'Lt-ary's were ruined. Mm. O'Leary and her nelghhora managed lo savo ihc milkhousc and other i i by throwing water on ihem while the houso burned beyund their con- control. Tho mllkhouse Is quite near Iho residence. Jufll bow Bftrltms DlrVte'a Injury will be was not known last i hut It was reported as "definitely i i to Ihc edp UIP liifiu refill itdviiiif which routed the KMV Npprln lon of by In a rnnirMir iKM to r- lout control of tin? i I i aiea-- i i i of Spain i In i i thc PiMr.ier'h i i i a a of i "lo i end." Mlajit, chief of a a a 7011 i fii'-'-ii to answer Nrcjvln's i a a repnrtid lo ctiK In com i a i i i i i i a over Negrln's head jin haps IKMMII.H" the InsMrpents 10 br i i on P.

IRC 2 I Fire Department Has Its Busiest Day Since 1935 I le-lcnn trrme-i. ertM si fire call-i In sii I) wro nil her jo.iU'rdji^ the 21 hours In yeiirN. l-'tve of Hie six nilU i reetly resulted from tenipornlnre, J'lre 'hlef Torn I'ln- negnn sittd. First call of dav i i n) o'elnrk In fmi.i Davlrt Xelson, fiS.I Hi overhentcd hnd I i siding on the i i and i men toro off siding and composition shingles to cxitnKuMi the Jim MacUon.ihl, lnr.il i i overheated bis a i i blnwloreh In an i to a It and put In call nl 4 lot-k yestpi day up f'T n'-sintancf from flro H.imnKC wan nppllglMe. Tn truf ka anrw prpd a nt 1: 25 o'eloi-k tn j.

A. KhomleV garage nt 933 Ml.xsr.ul;i A ear In tho purapr wis In soar thn hruke.s HPt and fit emt'ii ere unnVilo lo sax cither tho ami or tho garngc i oin dntnnKc-. Tlir fire wan enured by an Thief Flnnrgan eslhu.tted Ihc between STiOO nnd Tlirec In Minnies Tho calls to a a ))eifnd of .15 minutes. Haps Place 011 It nil- road avenuA near Northern Pacific depot culled nt o'clock. flro wan i ext Thc fire i wns burking Into thf flint Ion when it wn.s called to the Warren Mniel.

22 North Wnrron street, whore electric wiring on tho i floor bad rtftd, rnu.tlrtg a burning light rorrl to fnll on bcfl, lul no a ngr rpsuHcd from tho flro except to bod covorfl And thft Then enme what the "Stonk fire." Thry went to Henry Nelson's roflldonce nl No. 4 North Tien ton At 6:1 o'clock. According to tho slnllon rtory. Nelson wns broiling stoak (n thn oven nnd sljoi from on whon shrt nponod It. Mr.

Nrl- son promptly called the department. CHARGER i REFUSAL TO HELP SUFFERERS i i I I tension eased i Ohio i-l from the HS nlonc I.oiil.svlllr to cre liere and hare I i nnd The i nf i In llirt niwlern tuns, i i i i hlgli w.itei.s rolled KIS uf a IIOUSPF iK-iir smiill si a i cnli- cistn of A. lieprr-scntsitlve May I) Ky. i who said Ihc AV.P A. hud i of used to nnd den i a (IrniT'' n.

a stale i i a i i i i i i a I lio ci i i a was "groundless i foundation of a Kffnrt in a i rharged thc W.r A. refusal lo cooperate" In a i i the suffer- i'i-n. Uf said he niado "eveiy lo i i i A i a lo cut i rod tape so i a i could be rtiven people lunnes have been by tho flood Coodnuui replied lhal food and oilier commodities were i i i i i i in where th- IU'd Cross had taken charge and in i i i i for a projecl act fnr relict had been increased i om 2 i i to and moro on Page 10.) Washington, Feb. foes of President Koosevelt are now on definite notice lhal he is prepared for a fight to a finish to maintain New Deal domination of democratic policy and ticket-making in 19IO, That Is the widespread Intcrpre- uiliori. here of Ihc president's ag- Kresblvo icnctlon lo his defeats on cmergrnry relief spending and on a Virginia Judge-ship nomination, i a i nerved a i ofi all nuri'i nud llutt he intends lo taki tlu: In Ihc sli ugglc, noi to rely merely on Ills veto power ti defend his position.

Ion JlnlMrd Kor dc ni erratic lenders, htatc 'veil as rongrcRsional, the situatifii raises a a may conic of i i hreiu ecu Ihe piL-sldenl and certain d-inoci elements in congi CHS. Some politicians saw special signlf- icai.tM! in Ihe with i in e.sldcnl a niurc money leu i tlicf und challenged the ucn- ritc's a i In rejci i Floyd Kob- Tts' i HI i liialanej of Hfiiulora (Mass and IJyrd. i in i i i In some tn believe ihcbo two incldenl-s have Increased the i i of an i over a Hooseveli i issue or a JlooBevelt- picked piehldential nominee lu 10. Mr. Itoosevclt has chosen lo a a Iwaues of bolli de- That icpresoulb a marked i i from thc strategy olher torm presidents a havo I'l'Mowcd.

SpecifICHMy. the president called congress to reverse Itself and rofilore Ihc 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 cut from lila esltinatGK of relief needs for Ihe next i months. He did It whiln i economy bloc was still exulting over Its i i i a nuroese. (Continued ou Page Appropriation U. S.

Departments Passed by House Washington, Feb. house yotcd today to uppropriato Sl.Wtn.NOO.TOO to finance two- score independent agencies of the government In the year beginning Julv 1. Tim bill, approved on a vote, now to the iiecuuse of parliamentary tech- nkalitlcB, suDBorters of Tea- ncBsee Valley authority'! vast pro- Ki-nni made no effort to 17,203,000 which had been whittled earlier from the $39,000,000 which the bill originally carried (or T.V.A. They aald they were counting on Ihe senate lo 121,797,000 the house finally agreed upon. SECRETARY PERKINS APPEARS IN PERSON BEFORE GROUP IN HOUSE TO DEFEND HER STAND AViuhlnKlon, A dcfcnrtort her rc- or ciirorcrmeiit of IninilKrn- tlon luufl twin)- III a licivonnl ap- Itonnuirc Itctore.

MIR house Jtifltclary i-ninniltlcr. An'-tvorJiig cluirRO of ncgllgciti'c contnlnnl In an Impoa'-linipnt resolution consldcrntlon by the cuitmilltec labor spcrctury said: "I foci runflilont that wliclhor oxntninrd minutely or nt large my record n.s Rocrctary of labor will show a consilient purposo not merely to Hupporl Iho Idriw of democracy of orderly govei nnient and of freedom, but a purpose to unsure all subject to the government, whcuch citron or ftllen, that thow Ideals nro lielng carried forward In nrtunl day-lo-dny practice. I have applied thin to my Administration oC the ImmlRrMlon law nnd the caia In point." The enso In point apparently referred to deportation precoedlnKB Hnrry, BrldfM. wett coast C. I.

O. leader, and Joseph Htrcckcr, former communist of Hot Ark. The Impeachment resolution, Introduced by Rep. Thomaa X. accused Miss PcTklna; Oearala D.

Rellly, labor department solicitor; and James Houghtlelnt. Immigration commlaeloner, of "high crimes and misdemeanors" for alleged failure to enforce the Immigration laws against Bridges. Thomag contended that wa an alien communist and thus deplorable. The labor department mispenfled proceeding! smtU the Supreme court deddea whether Btrecker ahall be deported. Mlsa Puklni read a long attle- ment to the committee, roeetlac tm closed aeeolon.

IXeeueeJaeT enimfj- num. MIM PwkIM WM not In naecord wHk III Jrtext- plee. Bhe aald eoncepta the "MnttM IhM toil- vldual Hbertr" wkMt UN Rtatii sntut aUad EWSPAPER IEWSPAPER!.